Artificial intelligence

Written on 24 February 2017.

For many people today, the concept of Artificial Intelligence (I.A) automatically brings to mind the character of Terminator. This fictional character reveals an ancestral fear of every human being - that of being dominated, replaced, or even eliminated. Nonethelss this could help us move our attention away from several crucial concerns related to this concept. The widespread use of Artificial Intelligence in order to transform our present socio-economic model, paves the way for a new. It is still to determine what the impact of this transformation will be. It is also to determine who its victims and beneficiaries will be. The social and ethical impact of such disruption must be carefully evaluated in order to support the development of an artificial intelligence put at the service of common good.